To summarize my review of we-based technologies, I explored the use of RSS 'news feeds'.
Firstly, one can subscribe to the feeds in a number of ways:
- Check the website, as there is usually an indication that RSS is available (click on icon possibly)
- Check browser, if icon is shown on address bar, you can add the url to your google reader 'add subscription' bar and the reader will automatically search and subscribe you to their services
- search whether favorite blogs, websites have rss feeds by typing query into 'add subscription' bar
- Explore the 'recommended items' and 'sources' on the sidebar to add feeds that could possibly be of interest.
I feel that the RSS technology and google reader could be compared to a 'personalised newspaper' where you can pick the sources and articles of interest on a specific day and still be able to obtain up-to-date information at your finger tips as it ensures you do not miss out on any important happenings, whether it is local or international news, sports, entertainment and gossip, to technology reviews.
One does not need to go through the tedious process of visiting the parent sites individually, or be distracted by page loading times, advertisements and a barrage of (uninteresting) information.
With the feeds, which can also be accessible to portable devices (as long as one can afford the conection fees) one receives simplified text, with images and links to videos etc, which means faster reading and less storage requirements.
Advantages of Web-based aggregators like google's reader over dedicated software are: It is free, it integrates the search engine capabilities which enables one to search for possible subscriptions and add them efficiently, and it provides the safety of online storage which means the feeds would not be downloaded directly to your device but streamed from the web, which again saves storage costs, which is particularly useful - considering it is possible to receive hundreds if not thousands (depending on your subscription) feeds in a day..which means one must be careful not to oversubscribe!
Good Reading:-)
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